Vegan Lifestyle on Thursday's Access Utah

Are you Vegan? Vegetarian? Meat-eater? We’d love to hear from you on Thursday’s AU. We’re going to examine the vegan diet and lifestyle.

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Why go vegan? Health? Concern for animals? The environment? Hungry people around the world? What about wearing leather or silk? Is it healthy to give up meat & dairy products? How strict should you be: is it ok to come and go with a vegan diet? What about relationships among vegans, vegetarians, and meat-eaters: how do you navigate potential tension points? We’ll be talking with USU student & UPR News Intern Morgan Pratt Robinson, a vegetarian who recently unsuccessfully tried a transition to a vegan diet; Christine McPherson, who is mostly vegan; and USU Geoscience Education Instructor & “Fresh Folk” Host, Blair Larsen, who is vegetarian. We’ll also talk with Attila Hildman, television chef and author of “Vegan for Fun” & “Vegan for Fit.” Hildman decided to focus on his health after losing his father to a heart attack and has shed 77 pounds since the start of his vegan diet in 2000. He says that you need not adopt a 100% vegan diet, but simply make the decision to get started and that even consuming vegan meals for one day each week will improve your health.